It was never going to be easy for the 49ers to finagle a strong post-draft grade coming out of the 2023 draft. They held 11 picks, but their first selection wasn’t scheduled until No. 99 at the end of the third round. One trade moved them up to No. 87 and left them with nine total picks. Despite their limited draft capital, San Francisco salvaged a B- grade from Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar.
There were some opportunities for the 49ers to track down some higher-end talent that slid down the draft, but their lack of picks between the end of the third round and the middle of the fifth round led them to make a couple of reaches they may have otherwise not needed to make. Via Farrar:
